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Please recommend partition sizes for my dual-boot configuration (1TB, big NTFS partition, big apps)

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http://askubuntu.com – It's the first time I install Ubuntu. I need some advise to plan a good partition strategy for a Ubuntu (12.04) + Windows7 (64bit) system. I have 1TB Hard disk, 8GB RAM. I'd like to have a big partition NTFS to share data between the two OS I often use a lot of (big) apps. (So my partition Widows C: must takes about 150GB) What is the partition size should I put for root and home? / (??? -> 20GB?) /home (??? -> 20GB?) /swap (16GB) Windows (150GB) ShareDriver (NTFS Max Left Space) If I install and use a lot of apps, will the 20GB be too small for root and /home? will it quickly be fil (HowTos)

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